Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
Construction firm Black Horse Group went into administration with the loss of 180 jobs, and the anticipated loss of a further 40. Staff was given the news on 19th December and the company is expected to cease trading on 31st December.
The closure is attributed to tightening economic conditions.
Eurofound (2011), Black Horse Group, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72931, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72931.